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Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
How might sweeping shifts in both religion and medicine in the nineteenth-century impact a wide array of things we face today like loneliness and racism? When the mind began ruling over the body we saw society shift and loneliness, racism, and mental illness rise.
Dr. Fay Bound Alberti is a cultural historian, writer, and UKRI future leader’s fellow who studies the history of medicine and the human body. Her books include Matters of the Heart, The History of Medicine and Emotion, This Mortal Coil, the Human Body in History and Culture, A Biography of Loneliness The History of an Emotion.
Listen in as Dr. Bound Alberti finds a glimmer of hope in what feel like hopeless times. She pinpoints the exact moments in which we started to separate body, mind, and spirit and how it ushered in the world that we now have. She plants seeds of possibility that Covid-19 just might reconnect our bodies, minds, and spirits in a way that could usher in the social transformation that could end discrimination and loneliness and improve our health. The key, she says, is the body.
Episode Timeline:
- [00:09] Intro
- [01:21] Meet Dr. Fay Bound Alberti
- [03:16] -Emotions and relationships
- [04:32] History of Separating The Mind And The Body
- [07:14] The need for structural change and social change
- [13:45] Covid-19 Destigmatizing Loneliness
- [17:05] Shared meaning as a barrier against loneliness
- [22:20] Psychotherapy Being Limited By Insurers
- [23:16] -The body as the solution
- [23:52] Medicalized approaches to loneliness
- [30:35] Loneliness and prejudice
- [35:58] Dr. Fay Bound Alberti’s Wish To Listeners
- [37:43] - Outro
Resources Mentioned:
- Book: Matters of The Heart: History, Medicine, and Emotion
- Book: This Mortal Coil: The Human Body In History and Culture
- Book: A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion
- UKRI Future Leaders
Standout Quotes:
- Loneliness is being created and induced by our sensory experiences. [24:46] - Dr. Fay Bound-Alberti
- “Where people feel connected to others, either spiritually or even in a secular sense through environmentalism or movements or networks that make people feel imaginatively connected to some world outside of their own. I think that's that provides a barrier against loneliness.” [16:51] - Dr. Fay Bound-Alberti
- “One of the most important things for me about studying the history of medicine in the history of emotion is the ways in which some of the things that are entrenched in our society around racism, around sexism, around gender difference, they're rooted in what we think about the body, what we think about identity, what a person is capable of. And a lot of those ideas that were developed in the 19th century have not been sufficiently challenged.” [32:41] - Dr. Fay Bound-Alberti
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Did you know that you can use your breath to activate your body and become more receptive? In this episode, Traci will have an in-depth conversation with Jamie on the breathing room and the power of a pause.
Jamie McHugh is a somatic movement specialist, a multidisciplinary artist, and a fine art photographer. He lives on the Mendocino coast of California. Listen in as Jamie shares his journey into becoming the person he is today, and he will give some essential pieces of information that we all can take home to make the world a better place for all of us.
Episode Timeline
[00:09] Intro
[01:01] Meet Jamie
[07:55] Traci’s first encounter with Jamie
[11:13] Jamie’s photography and how it is serving the community
[15:42] Grounding and centering
[19:55] The play impulse
[21:36] Reclaiming your birthright
[26:50] The mystery and power of breathing
[40:14] Reclaiming the breath for you and the world
[46:26] Jamie’s nuggets of Wisdom
[48:23] Outtro
Standout Quotes
- “ Let your consciousness really focus as much as you like. When you're ready to just let it wander, and that rhythm of condensing and expanding is, for me just part of the rhythm of life.”Jamie McHugh [13:22]
- “The planet is a creative process that is emerging and has so much variation. In a way, as human beings as members of the planet, not independent of the planet, but members of the planet, we have that same capacity to explore and experience all of these kinds of sensory-motor delights when we just give over to gravity.”-Jamie McHugh[18:19]
- “ There is more to us than our pain and suffering at any one moment.”- Jamie McHugh [23:25]
- “If you have at least 20 different ways to breathe, you can meet varying challenges.” -Jamie McHugh [27:22]
Resources Mentioned
Breathing Room Events With Jamie McHugh
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Growing up the child of two psychoanalysts, it wasn't much of a surprise when Dr. Elliot Gann succeeded at becoming a well trained clinical psychoanalyst himself. However, his ability to combine his passion for producing music and making beats with his skills as a therapist, did come as a surprise— particularly for parents who had never considered the magic it could work in the lives of their children.
Today, Elliot sits down with Traci to talk about beatmaking therapy and the work done by his organization, Today’s Future Sound. He shares the motivation behind his work and some impactful moments from his time working with students.
Listen in as they get candid about leading a non-profit organization and more. Hear how Elliot is taking an unconventional approach to create space for children and adults alike while achieving personal fulfillment.
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
What could trust-building mean for creating lasting change? —Today’s guest and Stanford University instructor, Dr. Laura Delizonna, has some insights on the subject that will inspire and ignite you.
An international speaker, executive coach and author, Dr. Delizonna’s work on emotional intelligence and her partnership with Google sprouted non-profit SIYLI has been used by leaders around the globe.
Hear her thoughts on overcoming implicit biases, building relationships through conflict, and creating work environments where people can thrive. She shares her passion for people, connection, and science as she expertly navigates the questions we’re all wondering about connection and meaningful leadership.
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Bio:
Laura Delizonna, PhD
As a Stanford University instructor, international speaker, and executive coach, Delizonna works with leaders to achieve their potential and lead teams to breakthrough innovation. She equips leaders with practical tools to elevate team performance and shape their company’s culture. She consults and conducts customized trainings at top companies such as Google, Facebook, Disney, McKinsey & Co., and Uber. She specializes in practical trainings to elevate skill sets such as leadership effectiveness, psychological safety, resilience, and team performance. She’s taught at Stanford Continuing Studies for 14 years.
Delizonna authored four books including Enhancing Emotional Intelligence, Mindful Leaders, Thrive, and Mindful. Her award winning article on high performing teams was published in Harvard Business Review and has had over half a million views. She was trained at Harvard, Boston University, and Stanford.
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Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
How is mental health affected by racial trauma?
In today’s episode Sidewalk Talk, guest and consultant Dr. Jennifer Mullan, talks race, oppression and systemic inequality. Traci and Dr. Mullan explore what the process of healing from ongoing trauma might look like for black, brown, queer and indigenous people and how we can all work to create space and help to mitigate privelage as therapists, allies and friends.
Getting comfortable with discomfort, they share the importance of acknowledging privilege and highlight the multitude of ways it can show up in our interactions and attempts at connection. Find out how you can start showing up with the right tools to contribute towards meaningful change as you gain a better understanding of history, race, politics and inequities in America.
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Award winning adolescent medicine and children's gender support doctor, Veenod Chulani knows better than anyone the importance of communicating your heart when connecting with members of the LGBT community.
Today, Dr. Chulani sits down with Traci to talk about connecting across gender without assumption. He shares what he’s learned while advocating for LGBT and transgender populations and how we can all start to evolve into a more equitable society for all people.
Hear the importance of understanding gender non-conforming stories as Dr. Chulani shares how to navigate gender pronouns and communicate to all identities from a place of genuine compassion. He shares insights on the shifts our culture is making along with the important work to be done. Find out what assumptions about the LGBT and trans communities are perpetuating dated power systems and why sometimes outing your discomfort is the best way to connect.
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Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Could the workplace serve as a springboard for creating lasting societal change?
Today’s guest, Dr. Susan Madsen, wrote the Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership. She’s dedicated her career to helping women develop and make lasting impacts on their organizations and the world. Hear directly from her why confronting issues of racial and gender bias can start in the workplace and spread like wildfire throughout our greater ecosystems.
Listen in as Dr. Madsen shares her experience working with both men and women in leadership. She dives into the story behind her work and her personal definition of leadership. Find out how you too can avoid complacency and become a better ally for progress.
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At livingroomconversations.org
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Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Janille Hill’s work with her organization, Street Connect is doing something similar to what we’re after here at Sidewalk Talk. Sitting down with strangers on New York City park benches, she’s on a mission to share the importance of connection and acknowledgment.
A mother, dancer, life coach and listener— Janille has dedicated all areas of her life to connecting with the core of her being. She shares with Traci what she’s learned on NYC streets about vulnerability, connection and the power of practice. As a woman of color, she shares how she maintains an open heart in the wake of draining connections. Highlighting the importance of also staying in constant connection with yourself, she shares how she stays charged and recouperates.
Hear her insights on creating meaningful space for others while pouring into yourself on today’s episode of the Sidewalk Talk Podcast.
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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
Yamini Naidu was an economist fully immersed in corporate life when she was introduced to the power of storytelling. Today, she's helping businesses and leaders around the globe to use business storytelling to create the kinds of heartfelt connections that produce lasting results.
Joining Traci, Yamini shares why productivity and connection are better off when they’re working hand in hand. She dives into what she's learned from corporate life about human nature and our undeniable need to engage. Yamini makes the case that without connection, people and businesses focused solely on metrics and data are putting themselves at a disadvantage.
Hear her advice on telling stories that resonate and how you can encourage storytelling as a listener on the sidewalk. Also, hear her wish for you as a sidewalk-talk volunteer or friend as she shares why the work we do is helping to change the world as we know it.
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Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Atiaf Alwazair is many things. Hopeless isn't one of them.
Based in Brussels, Atiaf is an activist, researcher, writer and mother using joy and memory to protect, uplift and empower the people of Yemen.
In this conversation with Traci, Atiaf opens up about the motivation behind her work and insights into the vibrant Yemen she knows. She shares her personal journey to achieving effective hopefulness and the importance of finding joy in the midst of tragedy.
Listen in for an opportunity to adjust your lens as Atiaf offers a snapshot of Yemen— sharing her love of Yemeni mint and pomegranate shafut and some of the daily traditions the world often overlooks.
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